Khan Qutlugh III of Mongolia

Khan Qutlugh III of Mongolia (758-808) was the first Ediz khan of the Uyghur Khaganate, reigning from 795 to 808. He succeeded Khan Qutlugh II of Mongolia and preceding Khan Paoi of Mongolia.

== Biography =

Qutlugh was born in 758 to the Manichaean Ediz Uyghurs, one of the clans that was loyal to the Yaghlakar clan's khans of the Uyghur Khaganate. Qutlugh was a general of the Uyghurs, possibly fighting the Karluks, Yenisei Kirghiz, and Tibetans. In 795, after the death of the childless Khan Qutlugh II of Mongolia, Qutlugh took power as "Khan Qutlugh III" and became renowned for his leadership and management of the empire. He consolidated the empire, but failed to bring back its previous strength, and on his death in 808 the empire began to fragment again.